Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Metang
HS—Unleashed · #33 · Uncommon · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$0.37
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 33 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Beldum
- Evolves to
- Metagross
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Wataru Kawahara
- Pokédex #
- 375
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Metang plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Psypunch) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Beldum; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Metang
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 3.84 copies on average · 37 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.6%
- +2.8 pts vs the 47.8% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Wataru Kawahara
This card was illustrated by Wataru Kawahara.
Building around Metang?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When two Beldum fuse together, a magnetic nervous system places their brains in union."
PEnergy Crane
Search your discard pile for up to 2 Psychic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like.
PCCPsypunch — 50
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Metang has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Metang — Temporal Forces
Played in 375 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/06/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.16 | $0.35 | $19.24 | $0.37 | $0.23 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $12.47 | $19.98 | $1.04 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/13| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.17 |
| 30-day average | €0.20 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.74 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.62 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.78 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.47 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Metang is real?
Metang is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Metang worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Metang is $0.37; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Metang from?
Metang is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Metang?
Metang is a Uncommon card in the HS—Unleashed set.
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Other Metang printings
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